When an elderly person is involved in a car accident, people might speculate that they are at fault before hearing the facts. However most times older drivers are more experienced and safer drivers. This was the case on Sunday afternoon when a woman driving a Ford Explorer was cut off by a van in northern…
Your car engine sputters as you ease your car onto the shoulder of the road. You are now stuck on a dark road with a disabled vehicle and no help in sight. It could happen to anyone, it’s happened to me, but what happened next was as tragic as it was avoidable. A 19-year-old man…
Theresa Supica was a loving, nurturing mother who was committed to her children. Her 12-year-old daughter was “a sweetheart,” who loved to bake cakes and enjoyed playing soccer and softball competitively, said family friend Cynthia Schmidt. Tragically, Supica will never see her children again and her daughter will never again kick a soccer ball. That’s…
A man charged with felony hit-and-run in an accident that seriously injured an 11-year-old girl returned to jail after surveillance footage from an ABC store captured him buying liquor after his release on bond, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The man, 37, struck the girl in February 2011 with a van while she was crossing Lynnhaven…
A pickup truck driver has been charged with reckless driving after colliding with a van carrying 12 carnival workers in Chesterfield County, Virginia (VA) and injuring 11 of the occupants. “Police say the pickup struck the van broadside. The van flipped and its trailer broke off,” the Associated Press reported. Fortunately none of the injuries…